Tourists flock to the Kotoku-in Buddhist temple here to marvel at and shoot photos of the Great Buddha of Kamakura, one of ...

The city government here, already battling overtourism at an anime-famous site, now has another overcrowded hotspot on its hands, thanks to a South Korean drama.

Evoking Japanese aspirations of national renewal on the fifth anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake is the newly refreshed visage of Kamakura’s Daibutsu, or Great Buddha. The iconic sculpture ...

Kamakura City in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, famous for the animation *Slam Dunk*, has been struggling due to an influx of tourists visiting filming locations from a recent Korean drama. According to ...

Kamakura’s storied history and picturesque shrines and temples have made it a popular day trip from Tokyo. But if you take into account the beach, a noticeable absence of traffic and an impressive ...

Jessica Kozuka is a Japan-based freelance writer with nearly 20 years of experience. Her work has appeared in publications such as Wine Spectator, Travel + Leisure, CNN Travel, and The Japan Times.

For its size, the small coastal city of Kamakura punches well above its weight as a tourist destination. Year-round, it draws streams of visitors who come to wander the slow-paced, low-rise ...

Most people are well aware that the Edo shogunate’s seat of power was Edo Castle, but what of the Kamakura shogunate? The focus of NHK’s new historical taiga drama serial Kamakura-dono no 13-nin (The ...

Kamakura – Being a tourist can be thirsty work, even in the genteel surrounds of Kamakura. Just an hour south of Tokyo, the former samurai capital of Japan offers green hills, sea views, leafy ...